French archaeological mission, composed of experts from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, France’s National Center for Scientific Research, and Sorbonne University, has made som ...

Neil Carlin, Catherine J. Frieman and Jessica Smyth/The ConversationIn County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne.

An eye-opening study published in the renowned open-access journal PLOS One has unveiled new evidence suggesting that Bronze Age inhabitants of Denmark were capable of directly navigating the open sea ...

In an incredible stroke of luck (or is it really precocious skill?), a three-year-old amateur archaeologist has made history in Israel by discovering a rare artifact that dates back nearly 3,800 years ...

In an announcement that has generated a storm of controversy, a team of Italian and Scottish researchers claims to have made ...

During routine renovations of a Vienna soccer field in October, construction crews stumbled upon an astonishing find: an ancient mass grave filled with intertwined skeletal remains, from what were cle ...

Five thousand years ago, Bronze Age societies in Mesopotamia constructed elaborate stone tombs filled with remarkable grave ...

The 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb stands as one of the most extraordinary archaeological finds of the 20th ...

From the human perspective, maggots are thoroughly disgusting, and when meat is infested with them it means it is spoiled and ...

A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority, working alongside the Ministry of Heritage and with the support of volunteers from across the country, has made an extraordinary discove ...

For nearly a century, the 1,400-year old Sutton Hoo burial site has provided an intriguing window into Britain's Anglo-Saxon ...